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Melissa
and a
well-behaved household
member |
Melissa
began
providing
support
services for
the Animal
Behavior
Network in
2008.
She received
her BS in psychology
from the University of Georgia
in 2001.
After that,
she went to
I live in Hawaii
for a year. While there,
she
volunteered at the zoo and
decided that
she wanted to make a
career out of working with
animals.
She returned to Athens,
Georgia
where she
began working with pigs and
cows on the
University
of Georgia
campus.
In 2004
Melissa
began
classes in
the veterinary technician program at Athens
Technical Institute.
She
graduated
with
an
Associate
degree
in 2006 and
shortly
after,
passed
her boards,
to become
a Registered
Veterinary
Technician.
Since 2006,
Melissa has
worked as the
primary
behavior
technician at the University
of Georgia
School of
Veterinary
Medicine. This job
combines her training as a
technician and
her psychology
background.
Melissa is a
member of
the
Society of
Veterinary
Behavior
Technicians
